Resources to Help You Keep Your Baby

The following resources can assist parents in raising their children and avoiding adoption separation.

Nationwide Resources Support and Information

Cornell University's links to adoption laws in the states. http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/Table_Adoption.htm

Singlepregnancy.com is dedicated to empowering, informing, and supporting
single mothers-to-be, regardless of religious views, political views, orage. Created by Mari Gallion, author of The Single Woman’s Guide to a
Happy Pregnancy.

Support, community, and education for young mamas.  GirlMom.com

Adoption: Legalized Lies is providing information and support to expectant parents.  Can also help them find local resources that will aid them in keeping their babies, as well as offering baby supplies and parenting support.
http://www.antiadoption.org/

Baby Items

Freecycle is a great place to get baby items, as well as other tangible needs: http://www.freecycle.org/groups/

Food

WIC: All 50 States http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/Contacts/statealpha.HTM

TOLL-FREE  Numbers: http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/Contacts/tollfreenumbers.htm

Angel Food Ministries - provides discount food, available in 32 states http://www.angelfoodministries.com/default.asp

Commodity Supplemental Food Program.  Not all 50 states participate in this program. If you are on WIC; you do not qualify for this program. http://www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/programs/csfp/

Housing

http://www.coabode.com/home.php  Nationwide

Insurance

Insurance for mommy during pregnancy:

All fifty states

Health Departments/Medicaid http://www.pregnancyinsurance.org/links/links-health-departments-by-state/

State Children Insurance Programs: http://www.insurekidsnow.gov/states.asp

Transportation

All 50 States: http://www.publictransportation.org/systems/

Additional Resources in Particular States

Please remember to checkout your own states support and recourses. You have a right to help and support, and there might very well be much more out there than you can imagine. You have a right to child support. You have a right to medical care.

It is much better to have a few hard years, than a life time of grief and loss!!

YOU CAN DO IT!!

Colorado:

Warm Hearts Warm Babies

303-919-5413 - Carol

Helps the family one time.

Florida:

BETA Center

http://www.betacenter.org/

Education and support for families.

Georgia:

The Teen-Parent Improvement Program is an effort to improve teen parents' lives by giving them a chance to go back to school. The project provides school-based day care services, family planning, health services, and education services to teen parents and their infants.

http://www2.state.ga.us/departments/dhr/tipp.html

Maryland:

http://crossway-community.org/pages/4/index.htm

Wisconsin:
Wisconsin Teen Parent Resources

dpi.state.wi.us/sspw/teenpar.html - 69k

http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/redirect/

Origins-USA appreciates suggestions for additional resources to add to this list.  To suggest additional resources to help young parents, please contact Origins-USA at board@originsusa.org.  Note that we do not list organizations that promote or encourage adoption separation or that require clients to participate in religious meetings.